Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 3 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 3 November 2020
- Last updated on: 9 November 2020
- Hospital statistics
- Gender of patients
- Age range affected
- How COVID-19 is spreading
- Hospitalised cases by age group
- Cases by county
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,922 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 2 November, the HPSC has been notified of 322 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 63,048* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 24 confirmed cases. The figure of 63,048 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 156 are men and 166 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 96 in Dublin, 35 in Meath, 23 in Cork, 17 in Louth, 16 in Waterford and the remaining 135 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 2pm today, 296 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 42 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"Due to the efforts of people across Ireland, we are seeing improvements with COVID-19. However, we must remember that maintaining this downward trend is now the most crucial thing. The value of our progress depends on continuing the safe behaviour that got us to this position. I urge everyone to keep it up, to ensure these initial trends continue."
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ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 2 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
Note:
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
Hospital statistics
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Gender of patients
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Age range affected
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn't been abroad or had contact with another confirmed case in Ireland, that's known as community transmission.
In the event that a person who tests positive for COVID-19 can be linked to another confirmed case in Ireland, that's known as close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Cases by county
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.